I've read this book many times over. It just never gets old. Mitchell's nonfiction reads like good fiction, and his profiles of the bums, outcasts, anI've read this book many times over. It just never gets old. Mitchell's nonfiction reads like good fiction, and his profiles of the bums, outcasts, and miscreants of New York are poignant and heartbreaking and sometimes exalting. Ironically, his attempts at fiction fall short of his profiles, but they still retain the same graveyard humor. This is one book not to be missed....more

My all-time favorite Gaiman book. Old gods struggling to survive clash with the new gods of technology and commerce. All the while its protagonist, ShMy all-time favorite Gaiman book. Old gods struggling to survive clash with the new gods of technology and commerce. All the while its protagonist, Shadow, struggles with the infidelities and death of his wife....more

My favorite story out of this collection was once "The Price." I think it captivates the way Neil Gaiman tends to think in his stories, and the endingMy favorite story out of this collection was once "The Price." I think it captivates the way Neil Gaiman tends to think in his stories, and the ending couldn't have been more perfect.

But as I've come back to this collection I now find myself rereading "It's Only the End of the World Again," which has quite possibly the perfect opening to a story. What I love is that the opening delivers on its promise to be great. And Gaiman's skill at making the supernatural a completely accepted part of each world in his stories ALMOST makes me believe in an afterlife—which is more than I can say for any church. In each of his stories, no matter how creepy, I want to crawl through the page and explore that world again and again. Excellent stuff. ...more

I hate it when people write this author is a "genius" or that author is "brilliant." Those words get bandied around so much their meaning is now lost.I hate it when people write this author is a "genius" or that author is "brilliant." Those words get bandied around so much their meaning is now lost. But Cormac McCarthy? Genius. Brilliant....more